Continuous motion packaging machine

ABSTRACT

MACHINERY WHEREIN ARTICLES RECEIVED FROM A PAIR OF CONTINUOUSLY DIRVEN PLURAL LINE INFEED CONVEYORS ARE STACKED IN TWO ROWS UPON A MAIN CONVEYOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING PERPENDICULARLY TO THE INFEED CONVEYORS, AND GROUPS OF THESE STACKS OF ARTICLES ARE MOVED FROM THE CONVEYOR INTO SYNCHRONOUSLY MOVING CARTONS. AN ELONGATED VACUUM HEAD REPETIVELY REMOVES ARTICLES FROM THE FIRST INFEED CONVEYOR AND STACKS THEM IN A ROW ALONG THE ADJACENT EDGE OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR. THIS FIRST ROW IS MOVED TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE MAIN CONVEYOR BY CAM OPERATED PUSHERS MOVING SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH THE MAIN CONVEYOR. A SECOND VACUUM HEAD AT THE SECOND INFEED CONVEYOR FORMS THE SECOND ROW OF STACKED ARTICLES. A SECOND SET OF PUSHERS MOVES GROUPS OF THE STACKS TRANSVERSELY OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR THROUGH MOVING CHUTES INTO THE CARTONS. THE CHUTES AND CARTONS ARE CARRIED BY CONVEYORS PARALLEL TO AND SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE AIN CONVEYOR. THE CARTONS ARE STORED FLAT INA STACK, ARE REMOVED SINGLY, OPENED, AND GRIPPED BETWEEN CNVEYOR MOUNTED SUPPORTS. AFTER BEING FILLED, THE FLAPS OF THE CARTON ARE CLOSED AND SEALED.   D R A W I N G

March 6, 1973 R. J. ALBRECHT ET Al- 3,719,019

CONTINUOUS MOTION PACKAGING MACHINE Filed April 27, 1971 25 Sheets-Sheet1 ROBERT J. ALBRECHT ARTHUR J. GRINER FRANK V. N. HOAGLAND March 6, 1973R. J. ALBREcH-r ETAL 3,719,019

CON'T'ILNUOUS MOTION PACKAGING MACHINE 25 Sheets-Smet 2 Filed April 27,1971 INVENTORS ROBERT J. ALBRECHT ARTHUR J. GRINER FRANK V.N. HOAGLANDTRANSFER OPERATIONS March 6, 1973 R. J. ALBRECHT ET AL 3,719,019

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